Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #514 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Hugh Alley, an author and consultant. He divides his time between coaching senior operational leaders in continuous improvement, training…
Karen Martin and Mark Graban discuss mistake proofing in lean management, why “zero harm” is a meaningful aspiration, and how building quality at the source reduces errors without blaming people. Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My…
TL;DR: Masaaki Imai (1930-2023) was the Japanese consultant who, more than any single person, brought the word “kaizen” — and the practice of continuous improvement — to the global business community. His 1986 book Kaizen: The Key to Japan’s Competitive…
When I was at KaiNexicon last week, our hotel in Austin had a Starbucks in the lobby. I’m a pretty regular drinker of the Nitro Cold Brew beverage at Starbucks or other coffee shops when I can find it. I…
Joining us for Episode #467 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Tracy Defoe. She is an adult education consultant and researcher specializing in workplace education. For parts of the last 10 years, she has been puzzling over the challenges of participation and…
Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #441 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is John Dues, an accomplished education systems leader and improvement science scholar-practitioner with more than two decades of experience in…
My guest for Episode #432 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jamie Flinchbaugh, an old friend of mine and a frequent guest (Episodes 5, 6, 10, 64, and 261, plus the two times he’s interviewed me, Episodes 50 and 316). He’s also the co-creator and frequent co-host with me on…
Scroll down for video, how to subscribe, video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #414 of the Lean Blog Interviews podcast is Ryan Weiss. He is president of his firm Effective Performance Strategies, based out of the Chicago area.…
My guest for Episode #403 is Arnout Orelio, author of the book Lean Thinking for Emerging Healthcare Leaders: How to Develop Yourself and Implement Process Improvements. Arnout is from the Netherlands, but we have crossed paths a number of times…
I’m not a Buffalo Bills fan (a.k.a. “The Bills Mafia”), but I did attend one game at what was then called Rich Stadium in 1998 when I was a grad school intern at Kodak. Even without being a fan, I…
Before I get into this post, I want to also point you to another post that I wrote for the Value Capture blog: Salem Health Presentation on Their Covid Vaccination Process and Lean Now, on to the injection mistakes discussion.…
Joining me today for Episode #383 of the podcast is Patrick Anderson, the CEO of the Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc. (or “RurAL CAP”). Patrick was previously a guest way back in Episodes #53 and #71. Patrick returns to…
